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Karina also felt the backlash from the Infinity Stone; deep purple veins began to spread upwards from the hand that held it.
【"Ah ah ah ah ah!"】
[Karina regretted her actions and tried to let go of the Infinity Stones, but it was too late. Karina let out her final scream.]
[Groot, the tree-like creature, grabbed the crawling Rocket Raccoon and hugged it tightly, while Rudeus and Iris huddled together behind the counter.]
"Bong!"
Karina exploded with a bang; her final scream was like a countdown before a bomb detonates.
The terrifying purple flame wolf devoured countless collectibles from Collector Tivan. Fortunately, Tivan's display case was of good quality, and the explosion before Karina's death prevented it from being blown apart.
Alice and Rudius slowly peeked out. The collector Tivan's shop had been completely blasted into ruins.
"Holy crap..."
Rudius looked at the mess on the ground and said, "I saw it with my own eyes. The collector Tivan was right. And without sufficient strength, one really can't control it."
[At this moment, collector Tivan lay covered in dust and dirt in the rubble; the explosion hadn't killed him.]
Alice rushed forward, closed the Sphere, and locked the Infinity Stones back inside.
"How could I trust Tivan, who knows how to control the things inside the Cosmic Orb?"
[Alice, holding the Cosmic Orb, emerged from the ruins of Collector Tivan's shop and spoke.]
"What are you going to do with it?"
Rocket Raccoon looked at Alice and said, "It's terrified of that thing; it's far more dangerous than anything it's ever seen before."
"What else can we do but stay there?"
Alice countered with a question.
"You even put some in your own pocket."
Do you remember Drax?
Kitahara Iori retorted to Imamura Kohei.
"I remember, oh~"
"If Drax brings Ronan over here."
"I suddenly feel that Ronan holding the hammer looks a bit like the armored man in the footage that Collector Tivan just showed."
Kohei Imamura thought of Drax, that big idiot.
"If Ronan were to get his hands on that Infinity Stone, what do you think would happen?"
"Either Ronan is killed by the Infinity Stones, or Ronan uses the Infinity Stones to kill Xandar."
"So, is it possible that Ronan obtained the Infinity Stone, and then Rudeus and the others stopped Ronan, thus forming the Guardians of the Galaxy!"
Kitahara Iori felt that he was a genius.
"This isn't a purse, it's a backpack."
"We must hand this over to the Nova Corps; they might know how to control it."
Alice stated that she initially acquired the Orb not to sell it for money, but to prevent Ronan and Thanos from obtaining it.
Having witnessed its power at the collector Tivan's place, Alice became even more determined in her belief.
"Are you kidding me?!"
"We're wanted by the Nova Corps. Hand it over to Ronan."
Rocket Raccoon was too lazy to care about the four billion at this point; this was the closest he'd ever come to death.
"And then help him destroy the entire galaxy?"
Rudius asked, upon hearing Rocket Raccoon's words.
"What's wrong with you? Have you suddenly become a saint?"
"Has the Milky Way ever helped you in any way?"
Why do you want to save it?
Rudius felt Rocket Raccoon's question was stupid.
"Because I live right here!"
"Ronan is going to blow up my house!"
"Rudius, listen to me."
Alice pulled Larudius aside and said.
"We absolutely cannot let Ronan get his hands on the Orb of Destiny; we mustn't let the gem fall into his hands."
"We'll return to your spaceship now and then send you to Nova."
"Okay, that's settled, you're right."
"Or we could marry her off to some great guy who won't arrest us, and then make a fortune."
Rudeus spoke first, and Alice, upon hearing his words, released her grip on his hand, looking at him with a disapproving expression.
Rudius immediately began to explain.
"I think this is a good way to achieve the best of both worlds."
"You're despicable."
"Shameless and utterly untrustworthy."
After beating Rudeus, Alice picked up the Orb and turned to leave. She'd only taken a few steps when she was stunned.
【"It's over."】
[At this moment, the unknown land was already surrounded by Ronan's fleet, and the most conspicuous figure was Drax, wielding twin swords and seemingly having gotten himself into some trouble.]
"Finally, I will face my enemy and personally eliminate him."
Drax looked at the densely packed fleet above and spoke without the slightest fear.
"Did you call Ronan?!"
Rudyus, upon hearing Drax's words, strode forward and questioned him.
"Big Silly Chun, what are you doing?"
Even though Kazuma Sato knew this would happen, he still thought it was stupid.
532: What's the point of this power if you can't protect those you should protect?
"Rudius and the others are trying to avoid Ronan, but Drax has brought Ronan right into their faces."
"I thought Drax might just be a little dull and not very knowledgeable, but I didn't expect him to be really stupid."
Kazuma Sato said, looking at the scene on the light screen where Rudeus was questioning Drax.
It was as if he had brought Loki right in front of him, and there was no one around to stop him.
No, Kazuma Sato felt that this analogy was inappropriate. Firstly, he wouldn't do something so foolish, and secondly, his analogy was based on a real event.
However, Loki didn't come because someone else attracted him; he came on his own, and there really wasn't anyone present who could stop him.
"Drax's move does seem stupid, but it's not incomprehensible."
"Drax came out to fight Ronan and avenge his dead family. Didn't you see that Drax didn't even want the money?"
Kirito also thought Drax's behavior was stupid, but this behavior was also very much in line with Drax's character.
Rudius looked at Drax, and at that moment, he truly agreed with Alice's point of view. They shouldn't have brought Drax along; it had now brought them utter destruction.
[Leaving aside whether they could defeat Ronan alone, just looking at this overwhelming fleet, Rudeus and his men didn't think they could fight them.]
A spaceship gracefully came to a stop at the end of the street. Just then, Yondu arrived with his men. Upon seeing Rudeus, Yondu immediately called out.
"Rudius! Don't even think about running away, you brat!"
Rudeus froze, while Alice, standing beside him, spotted a usable spaceship that had just come to rest at the docking bay.
Alice didn't know why the owner of that spaceship would come during Ronan's invasion, but she was too lazy to think about it and hurriedly ran towards the spaceship's location.
Fighting is out of the question; the disparity in strength between the two sides is far too great. The only option left is to flee.
Of course, choosing to run away doesn't guarantee a 100% escape, but it does increase the chances of survival compared to staying put or fighting Ronan.
Rudeus saw Iris run away and hurriedly gave chase. Yondu saw Rudeus running and tried to follow, but the fleeing crowd blocked his way. Yondu shouted anxiously.
"Rudius! If you dare run, get out of my way!"
Yondu led his men straight through the crowd blocking their path, chasing after Rudeus.
At this moment, Ronan also disembarked from the spaceship, followed by Nebula and her attendants.
Compared to the fleeing crowd, Drax, standing motionless and facing Ronan's spaceship, stood out conspicuously.
"Honestly, if Ronan wasn't really brought here by Drax, then judging by his current behavior, he's a hero."
"But the truth is, they were war criminals."